Spotify is a great free music streaming service if you don’t mind a few ads between your tracks, but I found Spotify Premium to be a much more cost-effective solution for myself, as I often buy far more than $10 worth of music each month. One of the other advantages to Spotify Premium is that you can download tracks on your phone (or compatible mobile device) for offline listening, so I happily flew to and from Portland last week listening to some classic episodes of The Shadow. I’m sure the folks around me either thought I was weird or a genius, not that I cared too much, as I had a murder mystery to solve (or rather listen to other people solve).

Anyway, enough raving about Spotify. If you don’t know what The Shadow is, you’re missing out, and you might as well start by listening to a few episodes on Spotify. It’s 100% free if you don’t mind a few modern-day radio ads mixed in with the classic Blue Coal ads. If you’re not a fan of Spotify, you can still purchase the album from iTunes and Amazon. You can also find some episodes not included in the aforementioned album at Old Time Radio.